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Revisiting my preseason picks, for mere giggles

Here is what I said way back on October 24, 2014–a few weeks before Kentucky began its’ potential romp through history.

The bold face schools will indicate which ones I got correct, and the italics will indicate which ones I got wrong. It all starts with the 2014 champions when they bowed out to SMU in the AAC title game in Hartford on Sunday afternoon:

Horizon League: Wisconsin-Green Bay (Valparaiso could be the last team selected if Syracuse is ineligible). Turned out it would be the same team Bryce Drew beat on a last-second shot in 1998 as the last entrant in 2015, Ole Miss. So that entry counted.

Ivy League: Harvard (only conference that does not hold a post-season tournament)

MAAC (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference): Iona

MAC (Mid-American Conference): Akron

MEAC (Mid Eastern Athletic Conference): North Carolina Central

Missouri Valley: Wichita State and Indiana State

Mountain West: UNLV and New Mexico

NEC (Northeast Conference): Central Connecticut State

OVC (Ohio Valley Conference): Murray State.So close, yet so far away.

Pac 12: Arizona, Oregon, and UCLA

Patriot League: American University of Washington, DC

SEC (Southeastern Conference): Kentucky, Florida, LSU, and Auburn

Southern Conference: Wofford

Southland Conference: Stephen F. Austin

Summit League: Indiana-Purdue of Fort Wayne (IPFW)

SWAC (Southwestern Athletic Conference): Alcorn State

Sun Belt: Georgia State

WAC (Western Athletic Conference): New Mexico State

WCC (West Coast Conference): Gonzaga, St. Mary’s, and BYU

LAST FOUR IN: Temple, Auburn, Illinois, and Alabama-Birmingham (qualified instead for the Round of 64)

FIRST FOUR OUT: Wake Forest, Northwestern, USC, and Vanderbilt

NEXT FOUR OUT: Miami (Florida), Washington,Loyola (Chicago), and Richmond

Final 2015 Totals: 39 out of 68 for 57.35 percent accuracy.

In comparison to 2014, those totals were 33 out of 68 for 48.53 percent accuracy.